Investigation on the Relationship between the Surface Chemistry and the Corrosion Resistance of Electrochemically Nitrided AISI 304 Stainless Steel

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:4.18em"/><col style="width:4.66em"/><col style="width:3.36em"/><col style="width:4.66em"/><col style="width:2.99em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Sample</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">CrN and Cr<sub>2</sub>N</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">NH<sub>3</sub></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">B.E (eV)</td><td class="align_center">at.%</td><td class="align_center">B.E (eV)</td><td class="align_center">at.%</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">N</td><td class="align_center">397.6</td><td class="align_center">71.9</td><td class="align_center">400.4</td><td class="align_center">28.1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">NK</td><td class="align_center">397.6</td><td class="align_center">68.6</td><td class="align_center">398.1</td><td class="align_center">31.4</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>XPS fitting results for the N1s core level.</div>

International Journal of Corrosion

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Table 3: Investigation on the Relationship between the Surface Chemistry and the Corrosion Resistance of Electrochemically Nitrided AISI 304 Stainless Steel 

Table 3 | Investigation on the Relationship between the Surface Chemistry and the Corrosion Resistance of Electrochemically Nitrided AISI 304 Stainless Steel 